Wednesday, April 15, 2009

An Ode to the Third Month

I loved Jackson's third month. It was an oasis after two months of being more tired than I ever dreamed and having my life change dramatically. Annabeth is now in her third month and I'm finding it just as dreamy. Here's why:

1) So many smiles!

2) She's getting close to doubling her birth weight and she is oh so snuggly.

3) With eight hours of sleep and my hormones evening out, I feel like myself again.

4) I've gotten used to her patterns and I generally know how to soothe her when she fusses.

5) One little round tummy, two squishy cheeks, and the disappearance of newborn chicken legs.

6) She squeaked out a tiny laugh on Monday night. I had her propped up on my legs and we were playing our first game of peekaboo. A few minutes later, I told her I was shielding her from seeing her father cut his toenails in order to protect her innocence. That's when she did her second little laugh.

Our first is now five months old. No one decided to warn me about "the hormones" until I was two weeks from delivery weeping at all kind of random times. It was glorious. And then her time clock switched to asleep at day and awake at night. A friend brought us dinner one night and told us our little bundle of joy was "hazing" us - and would until about 3 months old. And then it was like a light switch. Three months was a new day. It was wonderful before, but wonderful because even more at three months. :)

Number six made me laugh out loud, too. So funny! Also, WOO HOO for starting to feel like yourself again. (As if I know what post-partumm feels like anyway! Just imagining it's not the best feeling in the world!) Have a great night!

HI AMANDA HARD TO BELIEVE OUR LITTLE SIESTA IS 3 MONTHS OLD IT HAS BEEN TO LONG SINCE I HAVE HELD A BABY OF COURSE I AM SINGLE BUT I USE TO BE A NANNY YEARS AGO AND TOOK CARE OF THE BABIES FOR 13YRS AND IT IS SO NEAT TO SNUGGLE UP WITH THEM AND HEAR THEM LAUGH OUT LOUD. WELL ENJOY YOUR FAMILY AND LOVE ON THAT BABY FOR US SEISTA'S THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING WITH US SEISTA AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WHOLE FAMILY BEING SO REAL I FEEL SO MUCH APART OF YOUR FAMILY.BIG HUGS AND LOTS OF LOVE FROM ALBUQUERQUE NM CAROL

just a question- do you nurse on a schedule or on demand? any tips? sounds like you are doing wonderful if your baby has doubled in weight at 3 mos! i nursed my daughter but feel like i did a lot of things wrong. i was so "by the clock" to a fault, i think.thanks! i love your blog!

I looked at my 5th child tonight...he is about to be 7 and I told him to just stop growing so fast! I love all the stages so very much...they all bring their challenges and their joys but it just goes by so fast. Although there are some says that feel like years :)

I am going to enjoy every moment up to then, but thanks for the encouragement of the light at the end of the tunnel! (So tired!!!) Annabeth is a cutie pie in her dress up pictures; I'm waiting for Neil's umbilical stump to come off and then let him try out his outfits! So much fun! :)

I agree. The third month is when Camden stopped crying, and I started sleeping. I could actually go out in public and not end up in another room nursing a crying baby for the majority of the time... where I would cry too because I was so desperate for social interaction. With this baby I don't fear labor... I fear the first two months with a newborn. Congrats for surviving what seems like the LONGEST two months ever! :-)

Love those first smiles...it's means those deep tummy laughs aren't far away. There's nothing more contagious! I love being in public and hear a baby/child laughing from the bottom of their heart, it makes me smile from the bottom of this Grandma Bobbie's heart! The curled up toes and dimpled elbows are another fav!

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